Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are unable to think because they congenitally lack the equipment to do so, just as they congenitally lack the equipment to fly over the moon.

Quote by Henry Louis Mencken

Topics: Thinking Quotes, Writing Quotes

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Intelligence has been commoner among American Presidents than high character.

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

A prohibitionist is the sort of man one couldn't care to drink with, even if...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world...

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

There are two kinds of music; German music and bad music.

Change is not progress

Change is not progress

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Confidence: The feeling that makes one believe a man, even when one knows that one...

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

Old age ain't no place for sissies.

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

The Liberals have many tails, and chase them all

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

It seems to me that a great university ought to have room in it for...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Perhaps the most revolting character that the United States ever produced was the Christian business...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his...

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

Every great wave of popular passion that rolls up on the prairies is dashed to...

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

Sunday School: A prison in which children do penance for the evil conscience of their...

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received...

But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received...

And when We made a covenant with the children of Israel: You shall not serve...

And when We made a covenant with the children of Israel: You shall not serve...